Georgia Man Sentenced for Transport of an Alien

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Eloy Vargas, age 60, a resident of Georgia, was sentenced today to time served (more than 6 months in jail) for the transport of another person illegally present in the United States.  United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Chief Patrol Agent Robert N. Garcia, United States Border Patrol, Swanton Sector, made the announcement.

As part of his previously entered guilty plea, Vargas admitted that in March 2023, he drove from Georgia to Franklin County, New York, to pick up a person illegally present in the United States and transport that person further south into the country.  Specifically, on March 2, 2023, Vargas picked up a Mexican citizen who had illegally crossed into the United States from Canada, and the defendant then stayed at a motel for the night.  The following day, the defendant began driving the Mexican citizen south away from the border; they were then encountered by Border Patrol and arrested.

Border Patrol investigated this case.  Assistant United States Attorney Allen J. Vickey prosecuted the case.